CityLink tech boost for Dunedin

Media Release
Date 16th Dec 2014
CityLink tech boost for Dunedin

Another boost to the Dunedin tech sector following the city's success in the Gigatown initiative.

Wellington-based CityLink is to establish a 'Peering Exchange' in the city, its sixth throughout the country.

NZIX (New Zealand Internet Exchange), operated by CityLink, is the largest Peering Exchange in New Zealand. It comprises of Peering Exchanges in Auckland (APE), Wellington (WIX) Christchurch (CHIX), Palmerston North (PIX), Hamilton (HIX).

"CityLink now has internet exchanges in most of the main centres and Dunedin was the logical next addition as it prepares for a fibre-led future," says CityLink Chief Executive Nick Willis.

More than 80 ISPs, leading Content Delivery Networks (CDN), media networks and education networks subscribe to the exchanges (NZIX) and benefit from super-fast and cost efficient internet access.

"Dunedin is a leading education hub with an expanding technology sector. It has a strong R&D and start-up sector and we expect the new peering exchange will help improve speeds and reduce costs.

“The exchange will complement Dunedin's Giga speed access and help the large education and research community in Dunedin to access the university resources in a more organised and cost effective way,” Mr Willis says

About NZIX

NZIX is ¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬the largest Peering Exchange in New Zealand. Operating since 1998, one of the key differentiators of NZIX is its distributed exchange with connectivity to over 25 Data centres and 600 buildings. It continues to expand with CityLink’s Fibre Connectivity.

About CityLink

Established in 1995, CityLink is New Zealand’s foremost supplier of open access wholesale telecommunications services and a wholly owned subsidiary of the NZX publically listed TeamTalk group of companies. The company operates an extensive fibre network and feature rich Ethernet service in the Wellington CBD, its outlying suburbs and Auckland CBD. It manages the New Zealand Internet Exchange, operates colocation facilities in Auckland and Wellington and custom high capacity Wi-Fi networks for cities, education, malls, stadiums, accommodation, events, conference centres and transport hubs.

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